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WILLIAM WRIGHT, CALVIN KEEE, AND JAMEs EDWARD STRONG., or PRATT criar,ALABAMA.

COKE ORv COAL LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 5e4,o24,date1rebmary12, 1895.

Appncanon nea November@ 1894.. saranno. 527.873. (Numan.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM WRIGHT, CALVIN KEEE, and JAMES EDWARDSTRONG, citizens of the United States, residing at Pratt City, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new anduse-k ful Improvements in Coke or Coal Loaders; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of devices used toelevate coke or coal in the loading of cars; and the objects of ourimprovement are, rst,'to provide a coke or coal loader of a simple andcheap construction which can be readily and cheaply operated to elevateand dump the contents of the hoisting car into an open top loading car;second, to provide a coke or coal loader placed on a truck or car thecar movable on rails by which the loader can be moved toany part of thetrack desired to bring it to the material to be loaded; third, toprovide a coke or coal loader with a dumping car pivoted to levers byconnecting bars the said levers operated by a hoisting device to elevateand tip the car to dump the contents for loading into any desiredreceptacle. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompany-v ing drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical end view ofthe loading device. Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view of the samethrough the center. Fig. 3, is a top view of the entire device. Fig. 4,is an enlarged detail sectional view through the center of one of themovablestuds to suspend the dumping car. Fig. 5, is an enlarged detailend View of the dumping car. Fig. 6, is a top view of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The truck Vor car on which the device is placed, is represented by A.The car is made in the usual manner and provided with the usual flangedwheels mounted on axles. yThe axles are journaled in the car sills byany of the usual formsof bearings. A track constructed in the usualmanner and equipped with any of the usual forms of rails adapted 'to thecar is provided, on which the car carrying/the loader can be Inoved toany desired position on the track.

The vertical standards B, B are attached to the vfloor of the car by anysuitable means. The standards can be made of metallic I, or channelbeams, or of any other suitable material. The standards are providednear their upper ends with chain sheaves C, C. The 6o sheaves arejournaled in suitable bearings at'- tached to the standards by any ofthe usual methods.

Two elevating levers D, D are pivoted at E, E to the standards. Thepivots can be formed in any of thef usual forms, and attached to thestandards by any of the usual methods. The levers are provided at theirouter ends with chain sheaves F, F. The sheaves are journaled on bothsides of a slot 7o formed in the end of the levers'. A series of holesis provided in the levers, lby which the series of studs G to suspendthe dumping car can be adjusted to place the car at any desired positionon the levers, as hereinafter described.

The elevating and dumping car H is made of any suitable metallicmaterial. The sides of the car are attached by hinges, the hingesconstructed and arranged to allow the sides 8o of the car to open on aline with the bottom, asl shown by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2.

Each end of the car is provided with two hooks P, P pivoted on pivotsattached to the car end. The points of the hooks engage eyes attached tothe car sides to keep the sides closed, the hooks having ropes or chainsQ, Q attached totheir inner ends for moving the hooks by hand todisengage the hooks from the eyes, to allow the sides to drop fordumping the load.

The car is provided with a series of suspension bars I, I. The bars arepivoted to .the car at the bottom, by suitable pivots attached to thecar. The upper ends ot' the bars 9 5 are pivoted to the series of studsG. The studs are attached to the levers in the usual manner, the seriesof holes above referred to being provided in the levers, to adjust thestuds in any desired position.

A shaft J is j ournaled in suitable bearings attached to the verticalstandards B, B. The

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shaft is provided with two spools K, K mounted thereon. A gear wheel Lis mounted on one end of the shaft. A train of gearing mounted on asuitable stand connects with the gear L, the whole being operated by ahand lever M mounted on the end of a shaft. We do not claim or confineourselves to the form of operating machinery shown. Any other desirableform of power can be used to operate or rotate the shaft J.

The chains O, O are attached at one end by any suitable device, to theupper ends of the vertical standards B, B. The free ends of the chainsare rove round the chain sheaves j ournaled in the levers and uprightsas shown, the ends of the chains being then attached by any suitabledevice to the spools K, K, on which they wind to elevate the levers.

To operate the loader, the elevating or dumping car H is lled with thematerial to be loaded. It used to load coke from the ovens, the coke canbe drawn from the oven into the car. Vhen the car is full, the operatingmachinery is put in motion to rotate the shaft carrying the spools,thereby drawing up the levers carrying the carto nearly a verticalposition, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2, the suspension barstipping the car, as the levers come to the vertical position. The sideof the car is then opened on its hinges to allow thel oad to slide out.The lev vers and car are then lowered to repeat the operation.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a coke and coal loader, the combination with a car having twovertical standards attached thereto, two levers carrying a dumping carthe levers being each pivoted at one end to one of the verticalstandards, a shaft carrying two spools the shaf t being journaled inbearings attached to the standards, two chains each attached at one endto one of the standards and operating over sheaves journaled in thelevers and standards and the remaining ends of the chains being attachedto the spools and means to rotate the shaft carrying the spools,substantially and for the purpose described.

2. In a coke and coal loader, the combination with a car having twoverticalstandards attached thereto, two levers each pivoted at one endto one of the vertical standards, a dumping car, a series of suspensionbars connecting the dumping car to the levers the bars operating onpivots at both ends to tip the car to discharge the load, when thelevers are raised to near a vertical position, and means to elevate thelevers, substantially as described.

3. In a coke and coal loader, the combination with a car having twovertical standards attached thereto, two levers each pivoted at one endto one of the vertical standards, a dumping car, a series of suspensionbars connecting the dumping car to the levers the bars operating onpivots at both ends, the studs in the levers fot-:ning the upper pivotsadjustable in a series ot' holes in the levers, to adjust and tip thecar when the levers are raised to near a vertical position, and means toelevate the levers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

VILLIAM WRIGHT. CALVIN KEEF. JAMES EDWARD STRONG.

NVitnesses:

S. D. I-IALEY, THos. H. MOORE.

